A
grandmother has been arrested for trafficking over 100 Nigerian girls to Libya
for prostitution and keeping them locked underground.
The
granny, identified simply as Mrs. Bankole, is now in the custody of the
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
A
Human Rights Group, Alliance of Rights Defenders (ARD), was behind the busting
of the syndicate. The syndicate allegedly used to traffic young girls from
Nigeria to Libya for prostitution. Bankole ran the prostitution ring with her
daughter, Alhajat Lateefat, and son-in-law Alhaji Sanni.
Operatives
are now hunting for the couple. Trouble started for the syndicate when ARD
acted on petitions written against Bankole. Two girls had been rescued from
Libya. One of the girls, Miss Nafsat Omobolanle, a nurse, said: “One of our
relatives introduced me to Lateefat. We heard that she used to help people
travel to America to get jobs.
She
told me that her brother was in America and would take me to the US to get a
job. I paid her husband, Alhaji Sanni, N500, 000. Lateefat later collected
another N500, 000 from me. She said it was for my accommodation and other
expenses.
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